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Sotheby’s New York is presenting ‘Contemporary Realism: Important 21st Century Works’ from 18 to 27 July 2026, with lots closing independently at one-minute intervals. According to the auction listing, the sale is online and currently open for bidding, with 44 results available in the catalogue. The Art Renewal Center said the 17th and 18th International ARC Salon Exhibition opened to the public on Friday, 17 July, alongside its awards ceremony.
The auction and the ARC Salon exhibition are linked in the Art Renewal Center’s announcement, which frames the Sotheby’s sale as part of the public opening of the latest salon presentation. The ARC’s post does not provide further venue details for the salon beyond noting that the exhibition opened to the public on 17 July with the awards ceremony. The verified event-date range supplied for the Sotheby’s listing places the sale in New York over the same 18–27 July period.
The Sotheby’s catalogue gathers a broad range of contemporary realist works by artists including Samanta Rched Abugauch, Anna Abraham, Gabriel Akre, Erica Arcudi, Chung-Wei Chien, Kathryn Dennison, Donald Demers, Evee Erb, Christopher Evans, Ruth Fitton, Roberto Gammone, Wesley Wofford, Carla Grace, Pavel Sokov, Andrii Kateryniuk, Alina Hubarenko, Ayuesh Agarwal, Brian Bailey, Pramod Kurlekar, Katsu Nakajima, Yoann Lossel, Sandra Kuck, Maxwell G. Miller, Lynette Cook, Marcos Rey, Anastasia Kolesnyk, Alexandra Klimas, Kevin Spaulding, Anne-Christine Roda, Jianwei Wu, William Paquet, Cara Wilmanns, Mingyang Zhang, Diego Glazer, Frances Bell, Scott Garder, Scott Breton, Gaby Nighan, James Swanson, Jimin Lee and Lyudmila Tomova Clark.
Among the listed works are ‘Felices Por Siempre’ by Samanta Rched Abugauch, ‘Moving Still’ by Anna Abraham, ‘The Garden’ by Gabriel Akre, ‘Harbingers’ by Erica Arcudi, ‘Salmagundi Library’ by Chung-Wei Chien and ‘Of Fathers and Sons’ by Kathryn Dennison. Other entries include ‘Harriet Tubman - The Beacon of Hope’ by Wesley Wofford, ‘Pride’ by Carla Grace, ‘American Gods - The Carousel’ by Yoann Lossel, ‘Brushing Death Away’ by Sandra Kuck and ‘Stormbound’ by Lyudmila Tomova Clark.
The auction page describes ‘Contemporary Realism: Important 21st Century Works’ as a New York sale, with lots closing one minute apart and closure times subject to change. Sotheby’s also notes that users can browse all lots, open lots, bids and favorites on the auction page, which is organised around the current online sale.
The ARC Salon exhibition and Sotheby’s auction together place a large group of contemporary realist artists in a public-facing New York context, with the sale running through 27 July 2026 and the ARC’s 17th and 18th salon exhibition already open as of 17 July. The auction listing remains available through Sotheby’s online sale page for ‘Contemporary Realism: Important 21st Century Works’.
